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PEOPLE v. LAWSON

No. 5-87-0766.

193 Ill. App.3d 396 (1990)

549 N.E.2d 968

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DARNELL LAWSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed January 17, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Kirwan and Mary M. Menard, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Mt. Vernon, for appellant.

John Baricevic, State's Attorney, of Belleville (Kenneth R. Boyle, Stephen E. Norris, and Matthew E. Franklin, all of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE RARICK delivered the opinion of the court:

Darnell Lawson was charged in the circuit court of St. Clair County with the murder of Winston Lewis. Following a trial by jury, Lawson was found guilty and sentenced to a term of 40 years' imprisonment.

On the night of the murder, Lawson, Richard Davis, John Sherrill, Clifford Rowling, Rufus Thomas, and Kenneth Carlisle were standing outside Jay's liquor store in East St. Louis...

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